Plans for a GLBT march on Washington were announced yesterday at the Prop 8 rally in NYC: The weekend of October 10, 2009. Mark your calendars. Via Towleroad.
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So – About That (Strange) Prop 8 Rally…
About 150 queer and allied Portlanders gathered to stand around and send text messages rally tonight at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, ostensibly to protest the California Supreme Court’s decision upholding Proposition 8 (and also – bizarrely but shrewdly – letting the 18,000 same sex marriages already performed there stand as valid). I’m not sure how […]
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PDX Prop 8 Reaction: Two Steps Forward, One Back
We’ve been calling local gay rights activists this morning for their reaction to the Prop 8 news. Don’t forget tonight’s rally in Waterfront Park from 6pm. “I’m deeply disappointed in the court’s decision,” says Basic Rights Oregon director Jeana Frazzini. “At the same time I’m encouraged that they will continue to recognize the thousands of […]
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CA Supremes Uphold Prop 8…
…and declare, according to a banner headline at the LA Times, that the 18,000 same-sex couples who married in California are still legally married. So some gay couples in California are more equal than others. Congrats to all who rushed to the altar and it ain’t over, bigots, not by a long shot. From the […]
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With Prop 8 Decision Looming, Portlanders Organize for Tuesday Rally
The buzz has been building for weeks, and now it’s confirmed: the California Supreme Court might will be issuing their ruling on the legality of California’s Proposition 8 – which stripped California same-sex couples of the legal right to marry which had been afforded them only months before – as early as this Tuesday, May […]
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Prop 8 Ruling Tomorrow
Those are the rumors, anyway. Word is that the police departments in San Francisco and San Diego were given a heads up yesterday about a ruling coming down on Thursday—which may explain why these police barricades were dropped off in SF’s Castro neighborhood last night, which, depending on how the court rules, is sure to […]
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UPDATED: As New Queer Pub Hits The Streets, The Drama Begins
UPDATED, 9:30 pm, May 18:Josh Gross, the former part-time staff reporter with Just Out, confirmed tonight that he was fired Monday, May 4 from the publication after exactly two weeks of work. The reason he was given: because he made a factual error in his reporting of a May 1 newsbrief in the paper about […]
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What He Said
Donald Trump defended Miss CA today by pointing out that her position—marriage is between a man and a woman—is no different than Barack Obama’s position. First, Barack Obama supports—or so we were lead to believe—the repeal of DOMA and the creation of federal civil unions that would confer all the rights and responsibilities of marriage […]
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Clown Keeps Crown
Miss CA gets to keep her crown—oh, and here are some snaps from a second topless photo shoot. Carrie Prejean, the San Diego beauty pageant contestant whose opposition to same-sex marriage catapulted her into the nation’s culture wars, will keep her crown as Miss California USA. Donald Trump made the call—because, hey, all publicity is […]
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Portland Pride Announces (Some) Pride Fest Entertainment
Looks like Portland’s queer pride fest is starting to deliver on their promise of more diversity and “unity” in this year’s festival – at least if the entertainment they just began announcing is any indication. According to Pride Northwest board member Hank Renfrow, the fest has booked up-and-coming hip-hop artist Melange Lavonne as one of […]
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Maine: We Won
Maine’s Governor John E. Baldacci, who had been on the fence, just signed marriage equality into law. “In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions,” Governor Baldacci said. “I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that […]